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Update, 10PM ET — The UFC has pulled the post-fight press conference stream for UFC Vegas 61. Looks like no post-fight after all. Despite the lack of media at the UFC Apex on Saturday — the venue was closed to...

The main card opener for UFC Vegas 61 between Mike "Beast Boy" Davis and Viacheslav Borshchev was electric on paper. Borshchev, a.k.a. Slava Claus, had stepped in for Uros Medic on two weeks notice to keep this fight on...

Richard Palencia was making his promotional debut at Bellator 286 in Long Beach, CA on Saturday, and it was a memorable one in the end — for all the wrong reasons. Paired up with Cee Jay Hamilton, the undefeated LFA...

John Castaneda was looking for his third straight victory when he took on Daniel Santos in a 140lb catchweight fight at UFC Vegas 61 on Saturday. For his part, Santos was looking to bounce back from a loss in his...

Heavyweight action capped off the UFC Vegas 61 preliminary card on Saturday, with Aleksei Oleinik, at age 45 the elder statesman of the UFC roster, looking to make it two straight wins against Sweden's Ilir Latifi. The bout had originally...

A pair of former PFL standouts in Maxim Grishin and Philipe Lins were set to face off as part of the UFC Vegas 61 preliminary card, and later bumped to the main card. As it turns out, however, Grishin vs....

Canada's Jesse Ronson returned to action against Brazilian Joaquim Silva in a lightweight bout at UFC Vegas 61 on Saturday. Ronson had missed all of 2021 due to a USADA suspension stemming from a failed drug test, then lost his...

Middleweights Krzysztof Jotko and Brendan Allen faced off on the prelim portion of UFC Vegas 61. Both men have been on the edge of the rankings for some time and have achieved impressive wins over formerly ranked fighters. In the...

A 140lb catchweight fight at UFC Vegas 61 on Saturday saw Julija Stoliarenko welcome Chelsea Chandler to the octagon. Chandler, an Invicta FC alum, had won four straight fights to earn herself a spot in the big show. The newcomer...

One of two debuting talents at UFC Vegas 61 on Saturday was Chelsea Chandler. Chandler was stepping into the octagon against Julija Stoliarenko, in a fight that was originally supposed to be against Leah Letson. With Letson dropping out,...